Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-23

e1n 1a4ke roFk relatively e. okasn. -
eofolnR - - ma8ke4, IS can Be- na1s
e - ersaf ha1-psodnslna region q
sonfraoied today for sg30 fsst q,
drain sils % Be uasd o. fraet q q
asres Of iand Tha surface wstar annn-
mnlatiens Of fully ere hnndfsd acres
run 4egoss TIE piecs. and had 10 b pro-
xloea for 20 IN my main being unable
20 Rss tan-5nch tilen. win lay tMo afrht
/ tnsh sl9e b. Eids IN sks disch. TIE
main drain q located 90 e 20 Be On The
lowest eFozsd, sod ne Iatsfsis n ne
olreetisn q he Qfoatsss fall. Theas
l4terafa are a1s hundred fees spart and
are paFalisi 50 each oshsr. In thsss
vii lay three ineh tile Win fan Of fwo
inclsE 20 the hnndssd fest. / unufd
prefer thres inches - the hundred fees,
y oosainsble. and yet est she desired
depth. Dspth fs tbs important thing %
look after aud obtain.
The main viii be foar fsos deep, tie
lateEals thFae feet eiahf inches II h
neceasarg thsl ne iatsEa1s NJ four inches
less dspsn, 70 that ne Top Of the bore Of
the Enain aad lassrxls nssrIy correspond,
and n0l the bottom; else when the main
Fnns fuds she laterals "a thsix ianafion
With the main wsuid Ne Submerged.
The digging o. ths Iitsbes, laying the
tilea. covering them IN, making . clesn
lob. costs 30 cents per rod. % - deep
bitches can be daR and the tile laid ~
that small eosi be8ause ths ditch may
be and is dug naffow, two thifds Of the
aepth no moEs than eight inches aide.
There Is 30 feet Of main. With double
riRht-inoh tile, l9D feet - nine osnts
pef loot $780, ..-..........-. ..S ttx ~
100 fest 3 ineh. at 21<o. Per feos, i93 90
Digging $3.50 feet of Gitchcs, lay
inR sbe tlls and 6liing IN, a.
FFsiRht on two carloads tiles -. Is O0
Distributing tiles on ground. II 00l
Total eoss. .................t 1854 so
This drains q acres Of land on my
junction farn, nsar Puyailnp, and rosts
827 IS per acre; II Il cost twice e27 s.
per acre. it wonld vet be 9 good invest
ment. have forty acres underdFsiner
upon che came farm, part Of which Wa
ia working order last year, and from Of
the land 20 drained l obtained mort
Than double tbe crop THAI vas obtained
on tha portion not drained. Part Of
this land has already yielded four tons
of timothy has Per sore and pars 500
pounds Of hogs per acre. Il will be said
this Is enough, and I should let well
enough alone. So Il Is for the hay,
though ! mean 20 show i've tons per
asre; bat the greatest advantage will b.
10 the improved quality OF She hay ano
also the peTmansnee Of the meadow;
and then theirs IL the great satisfaetioE
Of being able 10 Ret on the land ans
time Of year. aud. II need Be. b plow Il
winter o. summer.
The aggregate capacity Of the laterals
is 90 gallons per minnie. while that Of
the main Is 481 gallons per minute.
This vas rendered necessary because Of
the surface watsr coming from adj sin
ing land, as before stated; II q had not
been for the necessity Of pFoviding for
that, Il would not have been necessary
80 put IN bat one eight inch tile IN the
msiu. ThisextFa iine Of eight inch cost,
Tor SEQ feet ct 3 oenta ........... Se6 10
Laying sane -. .....s.......s - w
fteiNue s.-s.ss..........-... -
Delivering on ground. .......... u
Aotal--...rs ss..s.-s.-.ssst t3A ~
Or q difference Of IS y per acre. De
duct this fro a the cost per aoi As stated. I
and II would leave t22 30 for the actual
cost psr acre, under ordinary circum-
stances, Of DRAINING land.
Our nslehboF hesIss says the type IN
Familiar Talk No. - reported him
incorrectly in thas be Il made 10 say
that he made 2f1f pounds Of butter per
week fron the milk of enc Of his e0Ws,
the milk weighing 294 pounds. He -
lteFatea that that amount Of butter was
made from the milk Of bis "old Dur
ham" Ia seven days, but that 10 weighed
$50 ponnds; and further, thai the aggre
gate weight Of milk given By this Gov
Ia aix manths cas- 1884, pounds, and net
1904 sounds. ~ printed. This certainly
10 a ereditahle record for any breed ana
for any country. II. MKEKHR-